Golf boot



A. COUTURE May 29, 1956 GOLF BOOT Filed July 29, 1955 INVENTOR. @fiaw$0M a a, a4;

Unitfid m P??? GOLF BOOT Anthony Couture, Springfield, Mass.

ApplicationJuly 29, 1955, Serial .No. 525,228

3 Claims. Cl. 150-15 This invention relates to improvements in boot forgolf clubs. The principal objects of the invention are directed to theprovision of a boot device for golf clubs and particularly to boots forholding'and protecting the metallic and wood heads of golf clubs.

According to novel features of the device of the inven= tion anelongated boot formed from pliable material is provided which has aplurality of elongated pockets disposed about a central rigid support. Aplurality of golf club staffs may be insertable through an open uppermouth of the device into the pockets so that the heads of the clubs maybe disposed in upper portions of the pockets.

The device is so formed and made from such materialthat the heads of thegolf clubs :are prevented from scratching and otherwise marring oneanother :and an upper peripheral portion of the device is adapted to bedrawn together to further enclose and protect 'the club heads.

The lower end of the device is insertable in the upper open end of agolf bag and the central rigid support of the device is such as to reston the bottom of the golf bag so that the clubs will be disposed in thebag in the normal manner.

As a special feature of the invention the upper peripheral portion ofthe device is in the form of a continuous circumferential shirt whichmay be readily and easily closed or opened and in open position thereofthe skirt may be brought down around the bag to encircle the upperportions of the walls thereof and expose the upper ends of the pocketsand the heads of the clubs therein for the easy withdrawal of the clubs.

All of the above objects I accomplish by means of such structure andrelative arrangements of parts thereof, as will fully appear by aperusal of the description below and by various specific features whichwill be hereinafter set forth.

To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and variousother novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention aswill become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, myinvention consists in certain novel features of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter moreparticularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fullydescribed and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a boot device for golf clubsembodying the novel features of the invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are plan and inverted plan views of the device shown inFig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail the novel boot construction ofthe invention will be described.

It will be understood that the boot device of the invention is adaptedfor use with golf clubs having wood and metal heads of forms and sizeswhich are common and '2 well known to golfers. And the device whileseparate frorna golf bag maybe used withsuch-a bag.

The bootdevice of the invention includes similar elongated front andrear :.side walls such as 2 and opposite end walls 4.Adjacent-longitudinal edges of the said walls are secured together in amanner to be later described.

The frontand rear side walls generally. narrow in width downwardly fromthe upper side of the device and the end walls narrow in width so'thatthe device has a less transverse dimension at the bottom than at thetop.

Elongated partition walls 6 extend across the device and havelongitudinal edges secured to the walls 2 and 4 as will be described.

The partitions at their central portions are brought together and arestitched at 8 to form an elongated central tube portion 10. An'elongatedrigid support 12 has its upper end in the tube 10 which is arranged totightly grip and'hold the support against unwanted displacement.

The-partitions 6 and likewise the tube 10 terminate downwardly from theupper ends of the side and end walls providing a peripheral skirtportion 14 at the upper portion of the device.

The walls and partition walls of the device will be formed from pliablematerial such as leather, imitation leather, fabric or somesuitablematerial which is light in weight and durable. .The inner sides of thewalls and partitions willbe surfaced with .some soft non-abrasivematerial.

Figs. land 3 show athe device as being round in cross section but beingmade from pliable material it is not necessarily round but may take anyshape.

The staffs of golf clubs may be inserted downwardly through :theelongated pockets 16 formed by the walls of the device and partitions sothat the heads of the clubs are disposed in the upper portions of saidpockets.

The'lowe'rend of the device may be inserted in the upper portion of agolf bag'and may be attached to some portion of the bag by atie cord 18,shown in Fig. l.

The upper skirt'portion of the device may be closed or drawn together toprovide-a closure for the upper side of the device by a draw string orstrings 20 threaded through openings 22 of the walls and as the skirt isdrawn together the walls and partitions forming the pockets more or lessfirmly embrace the heads of the clubs.

Thus the heads of the clubs are separately held by the pockets andprevented from contacting with one another thereby obviating scratches,dents and marring.

The support 12 of the device is of such a length that the device issupported from the bottom of the golf bag and positions the heads of thegolf clubs the normal distance from the bag bottom with the stalls ofthe clubs on the bottom of the bag.

The walls and partitions are joined as follows: The adjacentlongitudinal edges of adjacent walls of the devices are disposed atopposite sides of longitudinal edge portions of the partitions. Alongitudinal tape 26 overlies said edges and the edges and tape arestitched together as at 28, all as shown in Fig. 4 to provide strongdurable seaming. Upper edges of the walls 2 and 4 may be bound by a tape30 stitched or otherwise secured thereto.

The upper skirt portion of the device in the open position thereof maybe brought downwardly and around the device below the plane of the upperends of the partition walls, as shown by dash lines in Fig. 1. Thismakes the heads of the golf clubs readily accessible for grasping towithdraw the golf clubs upwardly from the pockets.

Thus it will be seen that the device provides a plurality of elongatedpockets in which the stafis of golf clubs may be inserted. The rigidcentral support resting on 1,

the bottom of a golf bag positions the device so that the heads ofclubs, with the stafis resting on the bottom of thebag, are disposed inupper portions of the pockets. Upper ends of the pockets open into thespace formed by the skirt, which is readily opened or closed, tofacilitate ready and easy withdrawal'or insertion of clubs. When.desired the skirt may be positioned downwardly around the upper portionof the device. 7

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the presentembodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely asbeing illus- \l trative and not as being restrictive, the scope oftheinvention being indicated by the appendedclaims rather than by theforegoing description and all modifications and variations as fallwithin the meaning and purview and range of equivalencyof the appendedclaims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What is is desired to claim and secure by. Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is: V

1. A club supporting insert for golf bags-comprising, an elongatedtubular open ended boot, an assembly of longitudinal transversepartitions within said, boot having longitudinal portions secured to oneanotherrand to the wall of said boot providing separate elongated clubpockets, said partitions terminating atdistances downwardly away fromthe upper end of said boot, the lower portion of said boot beinginset-table in the .open upperend of a golf bag, the upper portion ofsaid boot above the upper ends of said partitions being foldable betweenan operating position encircling the outside of the upper portionrof thegolf. bag and a..non-operating position I extending upwardly andoutwardlyfrom said partitions wherein to act as a closure for the upperend of said boot and the golf bag, and means adjacent the upper edge ofsaid boot for drawing the upper portion of said boot together.

' 2. "A golf bagrinsert comprising, anvelongate tubular open ended boot,an assembly of longitudinal partitioned units within said boot andbelowrthe plane of the upper open end thereof and providing a pluralityof. elongate pockets for receiving the shafts of a plurality of golfclubs whereby the upper extremities of the clubs may portion of saidbootfabove the npper'termination of g be-disposed aboveltheuppermostplane of the partitioned units and the lower extremities of the clubsmay be disposed downwardly below the lowermost plane of the partitionedunits, the upper end portion of said boot above the plane of the upperopen end of the partitioned units of said assembly thereof forming acontinuous circum ferential skirt, and means for drawing the skirttogether to form a closure over the heads of the golf clubs within thegolf bag. 1

3. A golf bag insert comprising, an elongated tubular open ended boot,an assembly of longitudinal partitioned pocket'uni'ts within said boot.and terminating below the plane of the upper open end thereof andproviding a plurality of elongated pockets for receiving the shafts of aplurality of golf clubs whereby the upper extremities of the clubs maybe disposed above the uppermost plane of the partitioned units and thelower extremities of the clubs may be disposed downwardly below thelowermost plane of the partitioned units, an elongated rigid supportmember, means for receiving the upper end of said rigid support memberin said assembly with the lower end thereof depending from said boot forresting on the bottom wall of a golf bag whereby to positionsaid boot sothat with staffs of the golf clubs extending through said pockets andresting on the bottom of the 7 golf bag, the heads of the golf clubswill be disposed above the upper plane of said pockets, the upper endthe upper open end of the pocket units of said assembly thereofforming'a continuous peripheral skirt within which in open positionthereof upper ends of the pockets open, and means for drawing the skirttogether to form a closure, over the heads of the golf clubs within thegolf bag.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Reed-Q Mar. 31, 1953 a,

